From Antwerp to Geneva via Récébédou and Casseneuil: memoirs of the years 1940-1942
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Overview
- Description
- Contains a 28 page memoir by Saul M. Bergman. Written in 1997, this memoir relates the author's experiences as an adolescent during the German invasion of his native Belgium, and his subsequent escape with his father to southern France, their eventual arrest and imprisonment at Récébédou and later Casseneuil, his father's deportation from Casseneuil to Drancy and eventually to Auschwitz, and the author's escape to Switzerland, where he was reunited with his mother and sister in Geneva in 1942.
- Date
-
creation:
1997-1997
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Saul M. Bergman
- Collection Creator
- Saul M. Bergman
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Memoirs. Personal Narratives.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jews--Belgium--Antwerp. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belgium--Antwerp--Personal narratives. Récébédou (Concentration camp) Jewish refugees--France--Lot-et-Garonne.
- Geographic Name
- Antwerp (Belgium) Wimille (France) Namur (Belgium) Lot-et-Garonne (France)
- Personal Name
- Bergmann, Rubin.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Bergman, Saul M. Gift, 1997.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:54:59
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501670
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